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<blockquote data-quote="fedex express employee" data-source="post: 246374"><p>PITTSBURGH, Sept. 21 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- </p><p>they got what they asked for. now there contractors</p><p>The FedEx mass firing</p><p></p><p>of over 1000 single-route truck drivers at Ground/Home Delivery terminals</p><p>in California is an appalling abuse of the legal process and demonstrates</p><p>the company's rank indifference to its employees. This action is clearly in</p><p>retaliation to the class action law suits that assert that FedEx's</p><p>misclassification of those drivers is illegal. FedEx seeks to not only</p><p>punish the California drivers by eliminating their livelihoods, but it also</p><p>intends to have a chilling effect on drivers across the nation. Refusing to</p><p>accept the recent determination of the California Court of Appeals that its</p><p>drivers are legally employees and provide them the rights and benefits to</p><p>which they are entitled, FedEx instead says to them, "you're fired."</p><p></p><p> These drivers are among the 12,000 drivers in the nationwide class of</p><p>drivers challenging FedEx's illegal independent contractor model, recently</p><p>found to violate California law. Similar cases are pending in over 30 other</p><p>states.</p><p></p><p> Taking the law into its own hands, FedEx has illegally retaliated</p><p>against innocent workers who simply exercised their right to go to court to</p><p>redress FedEx's illegal system which denies them every employment right to</p><p>which they are entitled. FedEx's aggressive action also violates every</p><p>principle of fairness and decency. No matter how FedEx spins this, the</p><p>reality is that it has announced the firing of every single-route driver in</p><p>California.</p><p></p><p> Plaintiffs' counsel Lynn Rossman Faris said, "The drivers are stunned</p><p>by this retaliation which was surely intended to send a message to all the</p><p>other drivers in America that they better not step out of line." Rossman</p><p>Faris added that she and her co-counsel are reviewing their legal options.</p><p></p><p> End of Statement</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="fedex express employee, post: 246374"] PITTSBURGH, Sept. 21 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- they got what they asked for. now there contractors The FedEx mass firing of over 1000 single-route truck drivers at Ground/Home Delivery terminals in California is an appalling abuse of the legal process and demonstrates the company's rank indifference to its employees. This action is clearly in retaliation to the class action law suits that assert that FedEx's misclassification of those drivers is illegal. FedEx seeks to not only punish the California drivers by eliminating their livelihoods, but it also intends to have a chilling effect on drivers across the nation. Refusing to accept the recent determination of the California Court of Appeals that its drivers are legally employees and provide them the rights and benefits to which they are entitled, FedEx instead says to them, "you're fired." These drivers are among the 12,000 drivers in the nationwide class of drivers challenging FedEx's illegal independent contractor model, recently found to violate California law. Similar cases are pending in over 30 other states. Taking the law into its own hands, FedEx has illegally retaliated against innocent workers who simply exercised their right to go to court to redress FedEx's illegal system which denies them every employment right to which they are entitled. FedEx's aggressive action also violates every principle of fairness and decency. No matter how FedEx spins this, the reality is that it has announced the firing of every single-route driver in California. Plaintiffs' counsel Lynn Rossman Faris said, "The drivers are stunned by this retaliation which was surely intended to send a message to all the other drivers in America that they better not step out of line." Rossman Faris added that she and her co-counsel are reviewing their legal options. End of Statement [/QUOTE]
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